This is the last Will and Testament
of me David Griffiths of the parish of Cumcarvan in the County of
Monmouth blacksmith. First I will that
all my just debts and funeral expences be fully paid and satisfied by my
executrix herein after named. And I give
and bequeath to my daughter Jane the wife of James Evans the sum
of one hundred and fifty pounds to be paid her by my said executrix within
twelve months after my decease. And I
give and devise unto my loving friend and kinsman Thomas Embry of the
town of Monmouth ironmonger all that messuage tenement or dwelling house smith
shop garden and outlett thereunto belonging wherein I now inhabit and dwell
called Croft y Lloy and also all that messuage tenement farm and lands called
Lower Trevelddy with its appurtenances which said several messuages are
scituate lying and being in the said parish of Cumcarvan and County of Monmouth
to hold to him the said Thomas Embry in trust to and for the uses
following that is to say to and for the use and behoof my daughter Mary Griffiths
her heirs and assigns and my will and meaning is and I do hereby fully order
and direct that in case my said daughter Mary shall and do intermarry
with any man without the consent and approbation in writing of my said trustee
in whom I put full trust and confidence will not with hold such consent but for
her benefit and advantage that then and in such case and when she do so marry
without consent as aforesaid the said messuage tenement farm and lands called
Lower Trevelddy shall be held by the said Thomas Embry for the use and
behoof of my said daughter Jane and her heirs for ever. And I give and bequeat all and singular my
personal estate and effects whatsoever to my said daughter Mary Griffiths
and do hereby nominate and appoint her sole executrix of this my Will. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal this sixth day of May one thousand seven hundred and eighty
seven. David Griffiths
Signed sealed
published pronounced and declared by the above named David Griffiths to
be his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and of
each other have subscribed our names as witnesses hereto. Thos Hobbes; W Powell; John Powell
26th
March 1788. Mary Griffiths
spinster the daughter and sole executrix in this Will named was sworn to the
truth thereof and to the faithful performance of the same. And that the goods chattles and credits of
the dec’d do not amount in value to the sum of three hundred pounds. Before me Benj Hall, Surrogate
This Will was
proved at Landaff on the twenty sixth day of March in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and eighty eight before the Rev’d Benjamin Hall, Clerk,
BD, the Chancellor’s Surrogate by Mary Griffiths spinster the daughter
and sole executrix in the within Will named who was first on the holy
Evangelists personally sworn well and faithfully to execute the same to exhibit
an inventory &c and to render a just account of her administration thereof
when thereunto lawfully required
Transcribed from a
photocopy by Dave Woolven, 2 Aspen Way, Malpas Park, Newport, South Wales. NP20 6LB
Tel 01633 858 359 14 April 2003